ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

Pope Leo XIV spent two decades working in Peru’s poorest enclave and appears to be in the mold of Pope Francis — who carried ...

Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises ...

The newly named Pope Leo XIV has previously condemned abortion and called for gun control.

Perez and Pope Leo XIV worked together when the new pope served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. In a statement, the archbishop said he saw firsthand how "wonderful ...

Mere weeks into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has already become the target of widespread misinformation, some of which is ...

After being elected pope, Robert Prevost's private life came under scrutiny. Especially the political differences between him and his brother, Louis.

(RNS) — Just hours after Pope Leo XIV was announced from the loggia ... connections with Trump are unlikely to make a significant political impact in the church or the government, they expressed ...

Illinois officials are quick to point out that Prairie State voters are not required to register as members of a political party. After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its ...

The first American pope in history voted in several U.S. elections out of his home state of Illinois, according to records obtained by USA TODAY on Friday, including an absentee ballot cast in ...

His leadership comes at a time when American political leaders—many ... Back in 2018, social media action shows Pope Leo XIV reposted a statement from Cardinal Blase Cupich, where he criticized ...